The upcoming Akshay Kumar starrer Toilet: Ek Prem Katha is set to use toilets of the Indian Railways
Contracts will be given for five years, in a transparent manner
Govt looks to take cooking gas to tiger reserves, Naxal-hit areas
The government is also planning to replace the current ageing Air India One or Boeing 747 with Boeing 777s. Arup Roychoudhury and Archis Mohan report.
India is the third largest consumer of petroleum products, after the US and China.
The Manduadih-Rameswaram Weekly Express tops the list of latecomer trains, with the highest average delay time of 11.5 hours!
Centre might move swiftly on its next round of strategic sales in CPSEs
Bank, bankruptcy reforms, Nabard Bill amendment on agenda.
The previous highest divestment proceeds for the first half of a year was around Rs 21,000 crore in 2016-17.
DEA is currently headed on an interim basis by Corporate Affairs Secretary Tapan Ray
As the BJP snaps at its heels, can the Communists stay relevant in the electoral game?
North Block and Mint Road seem likely to now stick to the earlier convention of the RBI governor coming to Delhi and being the only MPC member meeting the finance minister and senior bureaucrats on pre-policy meetings
Since May 1, the dynamic fuel pricing model has been applied on a pilot basis in 5 cities
A panel led by the secretaries of the DEA and the DIPP would conduct a quarterly review on the pending proposals.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu is targeting the commissioning of the project by 2023-24
NDA's energy plan powered UP win, but it's not a winner yet. Centre has claimed to have saved money by targeted coverage but critics say the system is not yet foolproof.
'You can never bring about a change if you only bring in outsiders. Consultants will never feel what changes are necessary and where,' says Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu.
Fiscal discipline has been maintained but toxic assets worth Rs 7 crore are a massive headache
This comes as IR posted its worst operating ratio (money spent to earn every Rs 100) in 16 years, at 96.9 in 2016-17.
"There have been discussions on implementing UBI in J&K -- not just as a pilot in some districts, but in the entire state, according to Drabu's proposal in the state's Budget," said an official. "Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is also supportive of the idea. A presentation will now be made at the PMO."
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